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Sectional committee: Chemistry

Recommended for publication in Proceedings. One of the figures may be omitted. It cannot be compressed by much .

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1947].

Letter (dated 9 March 1946) states that he is returning the paper and all his criticisms have been met.

Letter endorsed on verso as received 11 March 1946.

Reference number
RR/69/42
Earliest possible date
1946
Physical description
Standardised form (type E) and letter on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript
Typescript

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William Edward Garner

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William Edward Garner, Referee's report by William Edward Garner, on a paper 'The period of impact, the time of initiation and the rate of growth of the explosion of nitroglycerine' by Frank Philip Bowden, M F R Mulcahy, R G Vines and A Yoffe, 1946, RR/69/42, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_69_42/referees-report-by-william-edward-garner-on-a-paper-the-period-of-impact-the-time-of-initiation-and-the-rate-of-growth-of-the-explosion-of-nitroglycerine-by-frank-philip-bowden-m-f-r-mulcahy-r-g-vines-and-a-yoffe, accessed on 08 March 2026

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